Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil thanked Trudeau for providing "a good start" to the costs of cleaning up a lagoon near Pictou Landing First Nation where decades of contaminated pulp mill waste has accumulated.

Since the shiny new public library was built, the future of the Halifax Memorial Library has been murky. Some think there hasn't been enough open consultation by the city on plans for the old site and they want its heritage preserved.

The RCMP say an arrest has been made in a case of fraud affecting the Friends of Oak Island Society. They confirm a man was arrested, and then released to appear in court at a later date - but they won't identify him or even say what charges he's facing.

It will be at least six weeks before nursing home workers in New Brunswick will know if they’ll be allowed to strike. Evidence and testimony presented at acourt hearing in Moncton on Friday will determine whether the workers are considered an essential service.

The Correctional Service of Canada apologized on Friday for wrongly saying it called police right away when it heard allegations that a guard at the Nova Institution for women had sexually assaulted an inmate.

The governing Liberals in Nova Scotia have used their majority on a legislature committee to end a decades-long practice of allowing opposition politicians to help set the agenda of Province House's most powerful committee.

Nova Scotia's freedom-of-information law is becoming "an exercise in frustration," the privacy commissioner said after the government partially rejected her recommendations on a report on Clayton Cromwell's death.